i think that the mechanism that he used -- lee used so beautifully to show through the eyes of these butlers and to the relationship with the father and son was so powerfully conveyed the history that is the civil rights movement. and i think that everybody can identify with the cost that not just blacks but white americans gave and to protect the civil liberties of the people of this time and i think that the movie isn't biased in its approach. i think it's on a universal platform that doesn't alienate any audience. i mean, we forget that america is made up of blacks, whites, asians, puerto ricans, everything. i mean, we're a melting pot of people and i think this movie kind of settles on that idea. >> lee, do you think that america is a more or less racist country since barack obama became president? >> wow. that's a powerful question. i think that people are angry that he's president and i think that they are showing their true colors and i think that you know when danny strong wrote those words, any black man could be killed by any white man and get away with it, trayvon martin h